Lead AI Engineer / Senior AI Engineer

• AI agents for productivity & business automation

Create AI-driven agents and automations that simplify and accelerate customer workflows across CRMs, ERPs, ticketing platforms, and other core business systems. Cut down on manual effort, mistakes, and turnaround times.

• Enterprise architecture integration

Embed AI capabilities into existing cloud-native architectures, APIs, and data ecosystems, with a focus on security, resilience, and scalability in production environments.

• Cross-functional collaboration

Work hand-in-hand with product, engineering, and leadership teams on the client side to translate technical AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes.

• Client advisory & solution design

Guide clients in shaping and executing their data, AI, and generative AI strategies. Cover everything from initial architecture decisions and technical direction through to live deployment.

Requirements

What We're Looking For:

Core experience:

4+ years in software engineering, AI, or solutions roles, with hands-on experience shipping production AI/LLM systems

Practical expertise across:

• LLMs, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation
• Agentic systems, multi-agent orchestration, and complex workflow automation
• Vector search technologies and semantic retrieval
• Python as a primary language, plus proficiency in at least one of JavaScript/TypeScript/Java/Kotlin
• AI platforms and developer tooling such as OpenAI, Azure AI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Pinecone, or Weaviate
• Cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS) and delivery practices including Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines

Solid background in SaaS and enterprise software engineering settings.

Strong verbal and written communication skills in German and English.

How You Work

Hands-on, pragmatic, and delivery-focused

• Comfortable working directly with clients and cross-functional stakeholders
• Clear in communication, documentation, and technical decision-making
• Curious about the AI space and motivated to stay close to emerging developments

Benefits

We are a small team, learning every day about the opportunities and challenges at the forefront of applied AI

Become a part of a highly specialized team and network with a clear focus on strategic and practical AI implementation

This is for you if you enjoy a high degree of ownership, entrepreneurial freedom, and the opportunity to help shape new offerings and ventures

We offer:

• A collaborative, appreciative, and inspiring team environment with real expertise from tech to transformation
• An attractive compensation package, including participation in the company’s success

Work Structure

• Location: Hamburg, Germany
• Working model: Predominantly remote, with one day per week in our Hamburg city-centre office
• Travel: Occasional visits to client locations
• Environment: High autonomy, meaningful impact, and room to grow

At AI.IMPACT, we’re building a team of thoughtful, entrepreneurial people with different backgrounds and perspectives. What matters to us is: curiosity, empathy, good judgment, and the ambition to create real impact with AI.

Because we are building our core team together, it is important to us that you are based in Hamburg and able to work with us in person.

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Posted Nov 01, 2026